Palygorskite- and Halloysite-TiO2 nanocomposites: Synthesis and photocatalytic activity

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-124

  Papoulis, D ^a,b   Komarneni, S ^b   Nikolopoulou, A ^a   Tsolis Katagas, P ^a   Panagiotaras, D ^c   Kacandes, H G ^d   Zhang, P ^e   Yin, S ^e   Sato, T ^e   Katsuki, H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d Geohellas SA   (Greece)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Halloysite; Nanocomposite; Palygorskite; Photocatalytic activity; Titania

Indexed keywords

ATR FTIR; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTIONS; CLAY SURFACES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRY; HALLOYSITE; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; MACROPORES; MESO-PORES; PALYGORSKITES; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SEM; SOL-GEL METHODS; SURFACE AREA ANALYSIS; TEM; TIO; TITANIA; TITANIUM ISOPROPOXIDE; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GELS; IRRADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

KAOLINITE;

CATALYSIS; COMPOSITE; HALLOYSITE; MINERAL SYNTHESIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PALYGORSKITE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TITANIUM;

EID: 77957019883     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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